The dollar slipped on Thursday, but moved within narrow ranges, as investors awaited a possible announcement or statement from the Federal Reserve at this week's Jackson Hole, Wyoming event to address the worsening global economic

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South Africa's rand firmed to a two-week high on Friday as the dollar slipped after US Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell set the stage for further interest rate cuts. At 1540 GMT the rand was

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Most emerging Asian currencies slipped on Friday after China's yuan weakened to its lowest level in 11-1/2 years, while the Korean won came under added pressure as its trade dispute with Japan escalated. The offshore

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The New Zealand dollar bounced from three-and-a-half year lows on Friday after the head of the country's central bank said he was "pleased" with the current level of interest rates following a surprise half-point cut

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The pound fell on Friday after enjoying its biggest one-day gain in months, as investors reassessed whether British Prime Minister Boris Johnson had made any progress in convincing the European Union to renegotiate the Brexit

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Australia's prime minister on Friday urged nations in Asia to stand up for their "independence and sovereignty", with tensions high in the disputed South China Sea where Beijing is under fire for increasingly bullish behaviour.

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Britain will not change its backing of the 2015 deal on Iran's nuclear programme under new Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a British diplomatic source said Friday, a day ahead of a G7 summit where the

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Sri Lanka has ended a four-month state of emergency declared after Easter suicide bombings by Islamist extremists that killed 258 people, officials said Friday. President Maithripala Sirisena has been extending the emergency on the 22nd

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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Moscow on Tuesday for a meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, the presidency said in a statement, days after a Turkish convoy was hit by an air strike

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France's Emmanuel Macron led a growing wave of international pressure on Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro over the fires raging in the Amazon rainforest Friday, telling him Paris would block efforts to seal a major trade

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